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From Marketwatch.com: BP’s new chief executive, Robert Dudley, is an industry veteran with wide-ranging qualifications, but it was his American passport as much as his in-depth knowledge of Russia and his green credentials that sealed the deal for the board.
From news.ninemsn.com: Police are investigating Father Valentin for accidential homicide after witnesses at the ceremony said the priest did not cover the baby’s mouth during the ritual, The Sun newspaper reports. Father Valentin had denied being responsible for the baby’s death during the baptism in Moldova.
From theroot.com: Sunday morning rolls around again, and I get the early wakeup call from my father. “Get up, Brandee. Get ready for church.” My first thought is to go right back to sleep, because I don’t want to go. It’s not a case of Sunday-morning laziness; I’d just rather not be there, and according […]
DETROIT — Some Detroit City Council members say they’re concerned that an upcoming ABC Network drama will propagate a negative image of the city as dangerous and crime-ridden, and has asked the show’s producers to attend an upcoming council meeting to discuss it.
From CNN.com: Conservative activist and blogger Andrew Breitbart will headline a fundraiser this August hosted by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in Beverly Hills.
From Soultracks.com: It is with immense sorrow that we inform SoulTrackers that Al Goodman, one-third of Ray, Goodman & Brown as well as the Moments (“Love on a Two Way Street”), has died. Part of two of the most underrated soul groups of the past half century, Goodman provided the “bottom end” on hits such […]
Via: Baltimoresun.com National healthcare reform is expected to save the state $829 million over the next ten years and provide coverage to nearly 350,000 people. The plan will provide insurance to half of the state’s uninsured. Nearly 40 percent of Marylanders, about 700,000 people, are currently uninsured. That will fall to about 6.7 percent with […]
Via: WJZ-TV Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Republican Robert Ehrlich are running side by side according to polls this week. O’Malley led with 45 percent to Ehrlich’s 42 percent, which has an error margin of 3.5 percentage points. 807 registered voters were polled between July 13 and July 21.
Via: WJZ-TV John Wagner, 34, and Lavelva Merritt, 24, were arrested in the stabbing death of 23-year-old Stephan Pitcairn. Pitcairn was returning from a weekend trip to New York when the two suspects robbed the victim of his wallet, duffel bag, iPod and money. Pitcairn was leaving Penn Station and was on the phone with […]